Rack clip



y 3, 1938- E. s. COPELAND 2,116,386

RACK CLIP Filed'March 3, 1936 kadf wpehllafl INVENTOR ATTORNEY PatentedMay 3, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RACK CLIP Elisha S. Copeland,Batesburg, S. C. Application March 3, 1936, Serial No. 66,961

2 Claims.

This invention relates to display devices especially adapted foremciently displaying packaged articles wherein the packages are closelyrelated and may be readily viewed, examined and removed 5 when desired,and has for the primary object the provision of means for releasablysecuring the packages and which prevents accidental displacement of eachpackage and may be employed in pairs to provide-efllcient clasps adaptedfor many 10 purposes.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa perspective view illustrating a display rack constructed in accordancewith my in- 20 vention.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a slight modification ofmy invention.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary edge elevation illustrating one of the springclips.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating a journal forminga part of the rack.

Figure 5 is an edge elevation illustrating a pair of clips joined toform a spring clasp.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 30 I indicates a basepreferably constructed from a single length of substantially rectangularshape. Formed on opposite sides of the base are bendable ears 2 adaptedto be bent to overlie ends 3 of supporting. members 4. The supportingmem- 35 bers 4 converge from the ends 3 and are received in a clip 5.One of the members 4 is of greater length than the other to provide avertically disposed shaft 6 on which is journaled a plurality ofconnected and substantially rectangular shaped 40 frames 1 eachproviding a pair of vertical portions to which is secured relativelyspaced spring clips 8 adapted to clamp to the vertical portions packages9. The shaft 6 may extend above the frame I for supporting a displaycard I0.

of metal bent to form an arcuately curved jaw ID, a finger piece 'II anda spring portion 12. The material between the jaw l and the finger pieceH is offset to form a notch l3 and a bear- 50 ing portion I4 adapted tocontact the frame I and be secured thereto by a band IS. The springportion l2 contacts the frame I and acts to urge the free end of the jawID in engagement with said frame so as to cooperate therewith in grip-55 ping the package.

The clip hereinbefore described is of a character such that it mayreadily be used apart Each clip 8 is constructed of a resilient piece lawhich engages about these clips at the juncside of the first V-shapedmember, and a looped from a rack or stationary support. One such exampleis shown in Figure 5 wherein clips to and 8c are secured together bymeans of a loop tion between the angle formed by the jaw lilb and thefinger piece llb, and between the angle formed by the jaw I00 and thefinger piece lie. In this construction the inner side lib of the fingerpiece Ilb is of a length such that this part lib will engage between thetwo clips 8b and 80 at the angle formed between their respective jawsand finger pieces and providing a fulcrum l6 between these two clips.The extension We of the finger piece llc frictionally engages againstthe adjacent surface of the extension l2b of the finger piece lib. Theclip herein disclosed may have the jaws llib and lllc opened by pressingthe finger pieces llb and II c together, the extension lZc acting tonormally bias the jaws lllb and lie to closed position.

In Figure 2 a substantially rectangular shaped base I! is provided andhas secured thereto and rising therefrom a substantially U-shaped frameIt, the parallel leg portions l9 thereof having the clips 8' securedthereto. A display card Ila is mounted on the upper portion of the framel8, and clips 80, similar to clips 8 are secured to the leg portions l9.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A resilient clip comprising a pair of arcuate jaws, laterallyextending extensions integral with adjacent ends of said jaws, aV-shaped member carried by each extension, one side of one of saidV-shaped members being relatively longer than the opposite side andbeing disposed between 35 the junction of said jaws and said lateralextensions, the confronting side of the other v-shaped memberresiliently contacting with said longer securing member engaging withinthe angle formed by said jaws and said extensions whereby to hold theclip in assembled condition.

2. A resilient clip comprising a' pair of complementary jaw members,laterally extending extentions integral with adjacent ends of said jaws.a V-shaped member carried by each extension, one side of one of saidV-shaped members being relatively longer than the opposite side andbeing disposed between the junction of said jaws and said lateralextensions, the confronting side of the other V-shaped memberresiliently contacting with said longer side of the first V-shapedmember, and a looped securing member engaging within the angle formed bysaid jaws and said exten-. sions whereby to hold the clip in assembledcondition.

ELISHA S. COPELAND.

